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…with His Heavenly Father. Follow the advice in this book, and your crosses will become lighter and your fidelity to God will increase. You will walk more surely in the way that Christ has traced out for you, following Him who is the Way, Truth, and Life. HisAngelsAtOurSide: Understanding…

…and delightful stories about miracles, small and great, that he was privileged to experience at Mother Teresa's side. Stories of how, without a penny to her name, she started an orphanage in Spain, and at the same time saved a declining railroad company from ruin, and so many more. They all tell…

…the angels are here; they are at your side, they are with you, present on your behalf. They are here to protect you and to serve you. But even if it is God who has given them this charge, we must nonetheless be grateful to them for the great love with which they obey and come to help us in our great…

…sense that angels must exist. I imagine most mothers feel this way. There are many close calls and numerous times when things seem to supernaturally align in ways that protect our children. Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day, be at my side, to light…

…back at the role of St. Joseph in the Holy Family, we see that he is called by God to be the head of the family. St. Matthew recounts how an angel sent from God explains to St. Joseph in a dream that he is to be the earthly father of Jesus: "She shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name…

…St. Jerome, one of our early Church Fathers and Doctors, to conclude, "How great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from his birth an angel commissioned to guard it." How Do Guardian Angels Work? Many other Doctors of the Church wrote about our guardian angels, including St. John…

…assumed into heaven at the end of her earthy life, she was then crowned as Queen of both Heaven and Earth to reign alongside her Son, the King. This is why the two events in Mary's life are side by side in the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Pope John Paul II, in his apostolic letter Rosarium…

…her Son, reminiscent of his coming Passion. The inside reflection reads: "Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen." And the inside…

…Dominic established his first group of cloistered contemplative nuns, converted back to the Catholic faith from the Albigensian heretics. Photo: Gretchen Filz[/caption] Below is a beautiful side altar to Our Lady before which the nuns sing the Salve Regina every night at Vespers. [caption…

…day I offer you my sleep and all the moments of this night, and I pray that you preserve me from sin. Therefore, I place myself in your most sacred side, and under the mantle of our Blessed Lady, my Mother. May the holy Angels assist me and keep me in peace, and may your blessing be upon me. Amen.

…ANGELS' MASS According to tradition, Jesus was born in Bethlehem at midnight. (This tradition is recalled in the beautiful St. Andrew Christmas Novena.) The Church celebrates the first Christmas Mass at midnight to honor the very hour that our Savior came into the world to save us. The darkness at…

…left his own land and departed from his own people, you kept him safe all through his journey. Protect us, who also are your servants: walk by ourside to help us; be our companion and our strength on the road and our refuge in every adversity. Lead us, O Lord, so that we will reach our destination…

…until His whole body is covered with deep wounds. The Lamb of God offers His suffering for the sins of mankind. Jesus suffers so much in His sacred flesh to satisfy, especially, for sins of the flesh. The prophesy of Isaiah is fulfilled: "He was wounded for our iniquities, He was bruised for our…

…Christ for our Lord. What next shall be the object of our study? His exterior actions and also His interior life; namely, the virtues and acts of His Sacred Heart; His association with Mary in the mysteries of the Annunciation and Incarnation, during His infancy and hidden life, at the feast of…

…account of the apparition of Our Lady at Fatima on July 13, 1917, the message of which was part of the Third Secret, Lucia writes: "After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave…

…"made himself a little lower than the angels" in his Incarnation. A completely new thing took place in heaven; at the Ascension the angels worship human nature in the Person of Jesus Christ for the first time, ever. Human nature was created lower than angelic nature, and, because of the Fall, there…

…about. Satan wants us to look atour problems instead of looking towards God. The devil knows that the ultimate answer to our problems can only come from God and so he wants our minds to be preoccupied with those things that keep us from thinking about God. Fear is one of his most useful tools. This…

…pieces on either side." "Not surprised, after our house fire the only thing left in my sons room was his alter boy cassock. Not one speck of dirt." "I've heard that many firemen have found Bibles fully intact inside charred homes as well. Fascinating!" "The same thing happened at St John the…

…founded in the 350's by Pope Liberius and financed by a wealthy Roman patrician and his wife. Legend has it they were a childless couple who decided to leave their fortune at the disposal of the Blessed Virgin. Our Lady appeared to them in a dream and told them to build a church in her honor on this…

…Christ for our Lord. What next shall be the object of our study? His exterior actions and also His interior life; namely, the virtues and acts of His Sacred Heart; His association with Mary in the mysteries of the Annunciation and Incarnation, during His infancy and hidden life, at the feast of…

…Christ for our Lord. What next shall be the object of our study? His exterior actions and also His interior life; namely, the virtues and acts of His Sacred Heart; His association with Mary in the mysteries of the Annunciation and Incarnation, during His infancy and hidden life, at the feast of…

…Christ for our Lord. What next shall be the object of our study? His exterior actions and also His interior life; namely, the virtues and acts of His Sacred Heart; His association with Mary in the mysteries of the Annunciation and Incarnation, during His infancy and hidden life, at the feast of…

…Medal Saint Benedict stands on a pedestal, a shepherd's crook in his arm, holding the cross of Jesus in his right hand and his famous Rule in his left. On his right side we see the poisoned cup that could not kill him, and on his left an image of the raven that fed him. Holy Mary, Pray for us. Holy…